Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

Degag

finbarrk wrote: »

I'd imagine Hotels will be open before normal pubs.

Yeah, i've a few places booked for decent prices around the country at random weekends for the next few months.

Hopefully when they do open there isn't a time restriction though. Not holding my breath on that one.

PTH2009

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Tazz T

Just announced that outdoor areas in pubs will open in Northern Ireland from 30th April.

PTH2009

Tazz T wrote: »

Just announced that outdoor areas in pubs will open in Northern Ireland from 30th April.

lucky baxtards. Hopefully this kicks us into gear down here and saying that Leo is off already saying how confident he is of hospitality reopening soon

Let's hope when they open they stay open and no targeting from NPHET like the last time (before the October lockdown)

Proper pints soon me lads

Batattackrat

Guess me and friends will be heading up North in the middle of May for a week unless the Irish government get their act together soon. When is the next announcement from Mehole Martin? Next announcement from Mehole Martin? They'll surely have to push forward the opening fairly soon.

funnydoggy

PTH2009 wrote: »

Proper pints soon me lads

Not much of a drinker but jesus, pints are on me. Drinking at home really isn't the same :pac:

Dickie10

Does anyoone else feel Leo is always the one that is looking at hospitality opening up , and micheal martin always seems to bring the doom and gloom?

questionmark?

Dickie10 wrote: »

Does anyoone else feel Leo is always the one that is looking at hospitality opening up , and micheal martin always seems to bring the doom and gloom?

It does appear that way. That's not praise of Leo but more MM who is incapable of making a decisive decision.

Pintman Paddy Losty

The signals have been clear. It'll be outdoor dining. Indoor wet pubs aren't even being considered.

GazzaL

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

The signals have been clear. It'll be outdoor dining. Indoor wet pubs aren't even being considered.

We're all going up to the North where we'll be welcomed with open arms.

James__10

GazzaL wrote: »

We're all going up to the North where we'll be welcomed with open arms.

Are there time limits up north?

UDAWINNER

Wet pubs open 24th May in the North

Batattackrat

UDAWINNER wrote: »

Wet pubs open 24th May in the North

Wonder are they working with the gob****es in the dail.

Hopefully see the same for the Republic.

Eric Cartman

James__10 wrote: »

Are there time limits up north?

Probably not but more importantly no god damn food

Coillte_Bhoy

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Probably not but more importantly no god damn food

Any link to this? Just wondering will there be booking etc?

PTH2009

Batattackrat wrote: »

Wonder are they working with the gob****es in the dail.

Hopefully see the same for the Republic.

Wish it was that easy but we will no doubt we will reimplement that farce of a food rule and the time limits because it's what NPHET will want if/when there forced into accepting it. The voices from the industry unions need to be more vocal but the 'financial supports' are keeping them quiet

With what happend at Christmas it would not surprise me if no hospitality will be allowed open. A lot of places are opening now for takeaway pints/food

pjohnson

Whats with the fear some have regarding food with their pints?

Its not like its a mandatory salad/steak forced at you. Presumably these people eat some kind of food at some point.

jt69er

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wish it was that easy but we will no doubt we will reimplement that farce of a food rule and the time limits because it's what NPHET will want if/when there forced into accepting it. The voices from the industry unions need to be more vocal but the 'financial supports' are keeping them quiet

With what happend at Christmas it would not surprise me if no hospitality will be allowed open. A lot of places are opening now for takeaway pints/food

It's now been suggested that the surge in January had very little to do with hospitality and more to do with the British variant B117.

ingo1984

They are ending the PUP end of June. Now I'd imagine majority of people on the Pup are workers from hospitality and entertainment industry. Will they end the Pup if pubs aren't open in a full capacity and people can return to work? Pub or restaurant ain't going to re-employ its full workforce if its only offering outdoor dining or restricted customer numbers. Now I've no confidence in the intelligence of the government, but one thing Irish politicians are good at is when it comes to their own political career preservation. They hardly end the Pup supports, if people on the pup have no jobs to go back to.

questionmark?

pjohnson wrote: »

Whats with the fear some have regarding food with their pints?

Its not like its a mandatory salad/steak forced at you. Presumably these people eat some kind of food at some point.

I like food. I also like Stout. I don't like having both together. I and many others do not want to be forced to buy a mandatory meal in order to enjoy a pint of stout or whatever your tipple is. The €9 tax just to have a nice pint was a joke and hopefully we won't see it again.

UDAWINNER

On food, people sometimes just fancy a couple of pints and not to pay for food that they simply do not want.

PTH2009

ingo1984 wrote: »

They are ending the PUP end of June. Now I'd imagine majority of people on the Pup are workers from hospitality and entertainment industry. Will they end the Pup if pubs aren't open in a full capacity and people can return to work? Pub or restaurant ain't going to re-employ its full workforce if its only offering outdoor dining or restricted customer numbers. Now I've no confidence in the intelligence of the government, but one thing Irish politicians are good at is when it comes to their own political career preservation. They hardly end the Pup supports, if people on the pup have no jobs to go back to.

Is that definite ?, saw somewhere saying 'An extension is still an option'. I imagine pubs been open while the supports are still a thing is a non runner

UDAWINNER wrote: »

On food, people sometimes just fancy a couple of pints and not to pay for food that they simply do not want.

yeah like a lot of people many a night food was the furthest thing from my mind when i want to go out. Back then if a place crowded it's simply out the door and into somewhere else without the sign in/booking stuff. No curfews other than the usual hours

niallo27

pjohnson wrote: »

Whats with the fear some have regarding food with their pints?

Its not like its a mandatory salad/steak forced at you. Presumably these people eat some kind of food at some point.

It was **** last year, we were on a break in Galway and I like to have a quiet pint in the hotel or just stop for one if we are in town, I had to have a ****en club sandwich each time. It was a joke.

Batattackrat

pjohnson wrote: »

Whats with the fear some have regarding food with their pints?

Its not like its a mandatory salad/steak forced at you. Presumably these people eat some kind of food at some point.

Well if you go for in a pint it is mandatory food forced at you. You had to order.

A lot of people just ordered food and left it there.

One pub got so pissed off with all the wastage of food started offering people to donate 9 euro instead to charity if they werent planning on eating the food.

PommieBast

It was the combination of having to buy a meal and only stay 90something minutes that was designed to ruin the experience.

PTH2009

The Mandatory meal was some pain in the hole as was the time limit and the early closing hours. The September/October openings were ok and you could have a good night out esp with 'drink only' pubs open

The 15 max outside drinking for the few days before Lockdown 2 was a bit of a shambles esp with a very limit selection of places to go/get into

In December 'food pubs' were open and people had meals but they way people go on about it you'd swear all pubs were open and everyone drinking/shagging each other

PommieBast

PTH2009 wrote: »

In December 'food pubs' were open and people had meals but they way people go on about it you'd swear all pubs were open and everyone drinking/shagging each other

The gov't asked for trouble. A whole spring and summer of just a few more weeks and then that meaningful xmas promise meant that all hell was going to break loose. Think I did well to get out of Dublin.

These days every time I go out for my evening night stroll I find it hard to believe that the country is supposed to be at the top level of lockdown. Real killer is all the teenage girls on the Luas talking about the blokes who have asked them to come to hotel rooms....

PTH2009

PommieBast wrote: »

The gov't asked for trouble. A whole spring and summer of just a few more weeks and then that meaningful xmas promise meant that all hell was going to break loose. Think I did well to get out of Dublin.

These days every time I go out for my evening night stroll I find it hard to believe that the country is supposed to be at the top level of lockdown. Real killer is all the teenage girls on the Luas talking about the blokes who have asked them to come to hotel rooms....

Yeah and what needs to stop if/when we reopen is this 'lads another big lockdown on the way' etc type of stuff by the leaders. It blew up in there face rightly last December

House parties are going on all over the place and they won't be stopping either. The fact pubs are controlled environments and places spend money on getting them up to scratch means nothing. :mad::mad:

Batattackrat

PTH2009 wrote: »

The Mandatory meal was some pain in the hole as was the time limit and the early closing hours. The September/October openings were ok and you could have a good night out esp with 'drink only' pubs open

The 15 max outside drinking for the few days before Lockdown 2 was a bit of a shambles esp with a very limit selection of places to go/get into

In December 'food pubs' were open and people had meals but they way people go on about it you'd swear all pubs were open and everyone drinking/shagging each other

Not in county pubs, it was magnificent.

Eric Cartman

PommieBast wrote: »

It was the combination of having to buy a meal and only stay 90something minutes that was designed to ruin the experience.

Thats it, hoping theyll just let you take the pizza / wings home and trying to scoop 4 guinness into you before the ‘your 90 mins are up’ is an experience I never want to re live